The court was told the restrictions on Mr Alameddine’s movement made him vulnerable to attack by his “enemies”,as seen with a drive-by shooting on October 19 last year that sprayed his Merrylands home with up to 15 bullets.
Police believe the shooting was part of anescalating cycle of violent retribution between the Alameddines and rival Hamzy family,with the dispute resulting in sweeping orders being imposed on members of both families in late December.
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The serious crime prevention orders – intended to curb the escalating tensions – restrict the activities and communications of Rafat Alameddine,Masood Zakaria,Ghassan Amoun and Ibrahim Hamzy.
In separate proceedings over his bail conditions,Mr Alameddine,29,sought to change a night-time curfew requirement keeping him at a nominated address between 10pm and 6am.
Mr Alameddine’s lawyer,Abdul Saddik,told theHerald the application for a bail variation was mainly for his client to have more “freedom and flexibility” after hours.
Mr Saddik said his client enjoyed fishing at night and had not been able to do that as much recently.